The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[cheltenhamlion]

We had a pop man in Cheltenham.

[edgysatsuma89]

This Xia chap get's more suspect by the day.

Whats behind China's racist whitewashing advert?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36394917

The owner of the detergent has also commented
"I don't know much about the advertisement," the owner of Qiaobi laundry detergent, who identified himself as Mr Xia, told BBC Chinese's Grace Tsoi.
He said he did not realise it was racist until it was pointed out to him: "To be honest, I didn't really pay that much attention to the advertisement."

That advert is shocking.

As for the brummie slang, my senior school years were 2000 to '05 and 95% of what I've read I have never heard. Funny how much language changes.

[Dave Cooper please]

We had a pop man in Cheltenham.

That's Greater Birmingham innit?

[Edvard Remberg]

Can we rename the topic?

[four fornicholl]

Can we rename the topic?

How about the 3000m steeplechase

[cdward]

Can we rename the topic?

What like Marathon was renamed Snickers

[Jimbo]

Here in the Black Country ...
We ate pikelets not crumpets. Sometimes for we tay.
My brother is ar kid or chap.
"scratchings" from the chippy are called bits - "chock us some bits on" - nice with a scallop.
Pubs used to have outdoors. You could buy pop, crisps or bags of suck.
Roundabouts are islands.
Two's up on a fag but dow duck arse it.

French.

[Sexual Ealing]

I can't believe mom, as opposed to mum, hasn't been mentioned.

I have lost a lot of my accent having lived all over but the only bit I consciously gave up was tuth instead of tooth. I was so widely ridiculed at university by both the public schoolboys and normal but non- brummy types that I caved in.  Conversely, when I tell my family I'm going to Birmingham rather than to town they give me a look that says 'you've changed'. Island, outdoor, all round the Wrekin and others I stopped using because people didn't understand me.

Villa and the way we speak are both things that meant more to me when I left, a bit of home to hold onto. The first match I got to after I left a Brum, I filled up when the Holte End sang 'Alan Roit, Roit, Roit, Roit'.

Back off Brummies. The Wrekin's in the largest landlocked county in England and if that's not something to be proud of then I'm not sure what pride means. Wellington till I die etc.

[Sexual Ealing]

Is it worth having a separate 'reminiscing about old Brummie phrases & colloquialisms' thread and get this one back on to the takeover?

Fucking right. I feel like I've only just scratched the surface of the enchanting world of Norwegian beers and all these dicks want to do is talk about irrelevant depravity such as when they pooled their crack cocaine. It's no wonder they think the Wrekin is in Birmingham, the caned savages.

Yours,

Disgusted of Shropshire.

[conman]

did anyone play tracking in birmingham in the late 60s , early 70s ,

[Sexual Ealing]

did anyone play tracking in birmingham in the late 60s , early 70s ,

We're talking about Shropshire now. Please pay attention.

[conman]

did anyone play tracking in birmingham in the late 60s , early 70s ,

We're talking about Shropshire now. Please pay attention.

who is we , , its only you , no one else is interested in shropshire

[Sexual Ealing]

did anyone play tracking in birmingham in the late 60s , early 70s ,

We're talking about Shropshire now. Please pay attention.

who is we , , its only you , no one else is interested in shropshire

That's a,,,, fucking slur, that is. You take it back,,,,,,or you'll be hearing from your solicitor.

[conman]

did anyone play tracking in birmingham in the late 60s , early 70s ,

We're talking about Shropshire now. Please pay attention.

who is we , , its only you , no one else is interested in shropshire

That's a,,,, fucking slur, that is. You take it back,,,,,,or you'll be hearing from your solicitor.

i paid her a tenner on washwood heath road last tuesday for hand relief

[Sexual Ealing]

Nobody's interested in England's largest landlocked county? I find that very hard to believe. What's not interesting about significant distance from the sea?

There's no coast whatsoever! Think about that. And it's large.